Shoe shining stand



Dec. 18, 1956 LEHMANN 2,774,097

SHOE SHINING STAND Filed Oct. 18, 1952 United States Patent SHOE SHININGSTAND Karl T. Lehmann, St. Charles, Mo.

Application October 18, 1952, Serial No. 315,488

1 Claim. (Cl. 15-267) This invention relates to shoe shining stands andin particular to a shoe shining stand which is adapted to the needs ofmembers of the United States Armed Forces.

The members of the United States Armed Forces are expected to keep theirshoes shined. There has in the past, however, been no convenientprovision made for accomplishing this task when the shoes are not beingworn. Wall brackets have been proposed, but these have had severaldisadvantages: it is frequenly against regulations to mount them on thewall of a barracks; such brackets are not readily demountable andportable; and they require a suitable Wall on which to be mounted.

One object of this invention is to provide a shoe shining stand whichmay quickly and easily be mounted on and demounted from the angle ironbed rail of a standard service iron bed; which is compact, light, cheapto manufacture, simple to use and effective to hold the shoe while theshoe is being polished.

Other objects will become apparent to those skilled in the art in thelight of the following disclosure and accompanying drawing.

In accordance with this invention generally stated, a shoe shining standis provided having a simple but efficient angle iron bed rail engagingbracket which when mounted on an angle iron bed rail maintains a shoesupporting surface in proper working position. The shoe supportingsurface is provided with shoe securing means which may be so constructedas to grip the heel of a shoe tightly enough so that no further shoeclamping member is necessary.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a shoe shining stand constructedin accordance with one embodiment of this invention;

Figure 2 is a plan view of the device shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken along the line 33 of Figure 2 withparts broken away;

Figure 4 is a view in side elevation of another embodiment of thisinvention;

Figure 5 is a plan view of the device shown in Figure Figure 6 is a viewin side elevation of still another embodiment of angle iron' railengaging bracket;

Figure 7 is a view in side elevation of still another embodiment ofangle iron rail engaging bracket;

Figure 8 is a view in side elevation of still another embodiment ofangle iron rail engaging bracket; and

Figure 9 is a view in side elevation of still another embodiment ofangle iron rail engaging bracket.

' Referring now to the drawing for illustrative embodiments of thisinvention, 1 represents the angle iron bed rail of a standard serviceiron bed. The bed rail 1 has a substantially horizontal part 2, and asubstantially vertical part 3 depending from the outboard edge of thehorizontal part 2.

In the embodiment of this invention shown in Figures 1-3, a mountingbracket 5 is mounted on the bed rail 1. The mounting bracket 5 consistsof an inner leg 7, an

outer leg 9, a web 11, connecting the inner leg 7 with the outer leg 9,and a platform 15 extending from and along the lower edge of the outerleg 9. In this embodiment the inner leg 7 forms a reentrant angle withthe web 11. The platform 15 is provided with countersunk holes 17proportioned to admit screws 19. Secured to the platform 15 by thescrews 19, is a shoe support 21. The shoe support 21, which mayconveniently be made of wood or plastic, is provided with a rabbet 23extending transversely of and entirely across the under side of the shoesupport. The rabbet 23, which is positioned immediately above the uppersurface of the platform 15, consists of a wide channel 25 and a groove27 in the bottom of the channel. A pair of clamps 31 are mounted toslide within the channel 25 of the rabbet 23. The clamps 31 consist of aplate 32 and a curved upright member 33, substantially at right anglesto the plate 32. The upright members 33 of the clamps 31 are providedwith holes 34 through which a clamping bolt 35 extends. In theembodiment shown the bolt 35 has a head 36 at one end and is threaded at37 at its other end to take a wing nut 39. The shank of the bolt 35 lieswithin the groove 27 of the rib 23. The plates 32 serves as guides tomaintain the uprights 33 in position and to facilitate their movinginwardly and outwardly with respect to the shoe support 21. On the upperside of the shoe support 21 is a stop 40. The stop 40 consists of a base41 and a barrier 42 extending along an edge of the base 41 entirelyacross the support 21. The stop 40 is secured to the support 21 by meansof screws 43 taking through the base 41.

In order to mount the stand of this embodiment on the bed rail, it isonly necessary to slip the inner leg 7 of the bracket 5 over the inboardedge of the horizontal part 2 of the bed rail, and to rotate the standdownwardly about that edge until the inner surface of the outer leg 9engages the outboard face of the vertical part 3 of the bed rail 1.

To mount a shoe on the stand, the wing nut 39 is loosened sufficientlyto allow the clamps 31 to be spread to take the heel of the shoe. Theheel of the shoe is then put down on the support between the barrier 42and the uprights 33 of the clamp. The heel is pushed forward until itsinner vertical edge engages the barrier 42. The wing nut 39 is thentightened to move the uprights 33 into engagement with the convexperipheral surface of the heel. Continued tightening of the wing nut 39squeezes the heel between uprights 33 and the barrier 42 to anchor theshoe to the support 21.

To release the shoe it is only necessary to loosen the wing nut 39. Todismount the stand from the bed rail 1 the stand is rotated upwardlyuntil the outer leg 9 of the bracket 5 clears the upper edge of thehorizontal part 2 of the bed rail, and the bracket is moved inwardly andupwardly until the inner leg 7 clears the inboard edge of the horizontalpart 2. v

In Figures 4 and 5, a stand is shown in which a bracket 405 is providedwith an inner leg 407 which extends parallel with an outer leg 409. Thatis to say, the inner leg 407 depends substantially perpendicularly froma web 411, rather than forming a reentrant angle therewith.

In this embodiment a difierent arrangement of clamping means and supportare shown by way of illustration. The platform 415 of the bracket 405 isprovided with three symmetrically arranged upright pin 419 rigidlysecured thereto. A support 421 is provided with 3 holes 452complementary to the pins 419. A transversely extending hole 423 takesthe place of the rabbet 23 of the embodiment shown in Figures l3. Clamps431 extend above and below the support 421. A bolt 435 provided with awing nut 439 extends through the hole 423 and performs the same functionas the bolt and wing nut of the first embodiment. Stops 440 extendacross both the upper andlower surfaces of the support 421'. V

The mounting of the bracket 405 on a bed rail is accomplished' byslipping thelegs 407, 409 over the horizontal part 2 of the'bed railuntil the inner surface of the web 411 engages the upper surface of the.horizontal part 2.

In that position, the inner leg 407 engages the inboard V edge of thehorizontal part 2 while the inner surface of.

the outer leg 409 engages the outboard surface of the vertical part 3 ofthe bed rail. The advantage'of the embodiment of support shown'inFigures 4 and 5 over other embodiments lies in the-fact'that the support421 may be shaped'in the form of the sole of a shoe. If,

' for example, as the support 421 is first mounted'on the platform 415,the shape of the platform .421 corresponds to a right shoe, the support421 need only be's-lipped from the pins 419, inverted, and replaced onthose pins,

' to be adapted to fita left shoe. This arrangement is particularlyadapted to other types of shoe clamping means V wherein a sole engagingclamp is positioned toward'the toe end of the shoe. As a matter ofsimplicity and cheapness, of production however, the embodimentofsupport shown in Figures 1-3 is preferred. 7 a

In the embodiment of mounting bracket shown in Figure 6, an inner leg607 is'bent in substantially a J shape with respect to a Web 611; Anouter leg 609 is hinged to the web 611 by means of an ordinary pintleand knuckle hinge 612. 7

' In order to mount the bracket shown in Figure 6, the outer leg'609 isswung up about the hinge 612, the inner leg 607 is slipped over theinboard edge of the horizontal part 2 of the bed rail, and th'e'outerleg 609 is swung back down to engage the outer surface of the verticalpart 3 of the bed rail.

In the embodiment of the bracket shown inFigure 7 '.an inner leg '707depends substantially perpendicularly from a web.711. In thisembodimentthe web 711 'continues beyond the outboard edge of the horizontal part 2The inner leg 907 is then swung about its pivotpin 908 to engage theunder surface of the horizontal part 2 of the bed rail.

In the embodiment shown in Figures 1 to 3, the sup- 7 port 21 need notextend beyond the point at which the sole first meets the plane of theunder surface of the heel. lt-need not, therefore, conform to the shapeof the sole, so long as a part of the sole rests upon the support. Thisis, of course, also true of the illustrative embodiment shown in Figures4 and 5. As has been pointed out above,

the especial virtue of the support shown in Figures. 4 and 5 is that itis particularly adapted to those clamping means wherein, for somereason, it is desired to engage the sole of the shoe toward the toe. V 1It can be seen that in any of the embodiments of mounting bracket shownthere are no small loose parts, and there is no need to operate a thumbscrew or the like for fastening the bracket to the angle iron bed rail.The

mounting is accomplished quickly andeasily and Without injury to therail. 7 The bracket is readily removable an the stand is light andportable. 6

Numerous variations in the construction of the lvarious elements of thisinvention withinthe scope of the claim will .be apparent tothose'skilled in the art in the light of the foregoing disclosure.

to form; the shoe support. In that event, the clamping bolt may bewelded or otherwise secured to the underside r of the platform itselfand be provided with wingnuts at of the bed rail and is providedwithholes proportioned to take a bolt 714. An outer leg 709, provided with ahorizontal flange 716, is adjustably secured to the web 711 by a bolt714 extending through a hole in the flange V 716. 'In this embodimentthe width of the web between leg 809 is rotated about a pivot'pin 820until it is entirely clear of the lower outboard edge of web 811. Theinner leg is then slipped over the inboard edge of the horizontal part2, andthe, outer leg 809 is rotated downwardly about the'pivot pm 82 0until it haslreached the position shown in Figure 8. r

In the embodiment ofmounting bracketshownin Fig each end. On the otherhand, a one-piece stand may be madeby forming legs and a connecting webin the underside of aheavy piece of tough plastic material which alsoserves as a support; Theembodiment in which the inner leg forms areentrant angle with the web is partic ularly adapted to thisarrangement. 1

Havingthus described the invention, what-is claimed and desired tobesecured-by Letters Patent is:

In combination with an angle iron bed rail having a 7 horizontal partand a vertical partdependingfrom the outboard edge of said horizontalpart, a shoe shining'stand removably mounted on said rail and comprisinga one piece mounting bracket having a pair of legs and "a'fiat surfacedweb connecting said legs, said web engagingthe upper surface of thehorizontal part of said rail, one of 7 said legs forming a reentrantangle with the web andengaging the inboard edge of saidhorizontal part,and the' other of saidlegsengagingthe outboard surface of said verticalpart, said other leg having'at its lowe'r'iendan outwardly, horizontallyextending platformya separate shoe-sole shaped shoe support; meansengaged with the heel section of the said shoe support for removablymounting the said shoe, support on the saidplatform,- and clamping meanshaving a threaded member extending laterally through the heel section ofthe said support and carrying ure 9, an inner leg 907 ispivotallymounted on a Web a 911 on a pivot pin 908, but is separated from the webby a spacing sleeve 910 a distance sufficient to permit the entrancebetween them of the horizontal part 2 of a bed rail. 7

In mounting this mounting bracket, the inner leg 907 is rotated aboutthe pivot pin 908 to permit the upper surface of the horizontal part 2to engage the inner surface of the web 911, andthe outer surface of thevertical part 3 to engage the inner surface of. an outer 1eg909.

oppositely disposed. heel gripping plates,'said'clampingmeans beingunconnected to the said mounting bracket.

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